Patents by Inventor Masaka Hamada

Masaka Hamada has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Character processing apparatus
    Patent number: 6324554
    Abstract: A character processing apparatus provides improved layout and formatting. In a preferred embodiment, the character processing apparatus includes a character data memory for storing a plurality of groups of character data, a first format data memory for storing a plurality of format data each having a correspondence with a different one of the groups of character data and a second format data memory for storing a plurality of format data having no correspondence with character data. The apparatus designates either one of (a) the groups of character data stored in the character data memory and (b) the plurality of format data stored in the first format data memory, and further designates one of the plurality of format data stored in the second format data memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Watanabe, Takahiro Kato, Masayuki Utsumi, Masaka Hamada, Hiroshi Takakura, Taketo Hasegawa, Masaaki Shimizu, Masaki Sagoh, Fumio Furukawa, Yasuhisa Ishizawa, Takashi Minagawa, Kensaku Tanaka, Kenzoh Ina